Table of Contents - 6
I Parenting in Planned Lesbian Families - Introduction - 8
II Lesbian families and family functioning: An overview - 12
III Planned lesbian families: Their desire and motivation to have children - 32
IV Experiences of parenthood, couple relationship, social support, and child rearing goals in planned lesbian families - 48
V Family characteristics, child rearing and child adjustment in planned lesbian families - 62
VI Minority stress, experience of parenthood, and child adjustment - 80
VII Discussion - 92
References - 98
Summary - 108
Curriculum Vitae - 111
List of publications - 112